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| - Little is known of the man who calls himself Dia, his past is a mystery to most and known to no living person in the Shores. Though the fellow originally hails from Erebria, his exposure to cold weather over nearly the last two decades and his inability to speak has left him impossible to declare as a citizen. Raised as a lowborn and insignificant orphan, Rhadiast quickly established himself as a quick witted lad, surviving on his own as a "pure human" in the docks of Myraid relitively unscathed. Rhadiast was only eight when he killed his first man, though it taught him the fragility of life and the resourcefulness of mind; he took the lesson to heart, and determined to use his head rather than steel to sort out his problems. His first kill also earned him the surname, lo'Kaine, which was in reference to the manner of the fellows death; Rhadiast had utilized a cane to trip the fellow and throw him from atop a building. His strategies worked, for the most part, and Rhadiast was able to establish himself as competant enough to work for a reputable mercanary company known as, "The Ardent Crusade" who primarily worked for humans in the protection of the purity of that race. Though he, himself was not so zealous as his partners, he was able to effectively neutrilize unrequired hostile situations with various other races, proving to be an excellent contributer to the survival of the mercinary band. His youthful resourcefulness allowed him to possess the attention of a young noble lady, more specifically the daughter of the commander of the Ardent Crusade, Nataliv Faelin. Having proved himself capable, Rhadiast was wed to Brumit Faelin's daughter at the age of nineteen, while she herself was sixteen. The marriage proved to be profitable and Rhadiast was determined to give his first and following children a life that he did not have. Though traegdy befell, and Nataliv died in child birth, leaving his son Jaerid lo'Kaine without a mother. His plans for his children were disrupted, and he bore the shame for himself. Taking the death of Nataliv most severely, Rhadiast departed and left his son to fend for himself just as he had, though with remarkably many more resources as well as Rhadiasts personal journal. Determined to never wed again, Rhadiast shed his name and title, calling himself instead Dia and removing himself far from the reaches of civilization. Somewhere in his travels, he acquired a scar upon his throat akin to a bolt spitten from a crossbow, and with that acquisition his voice became lost to him. The man was inately drawn to the freezing north, aware of it's potential to refine him as a man while still keeping him from the influence of civilization. Retiring to the Ashfrost Glacier where no living man is said to reside, he found it the perfect place to encounter the most vicious trials of life. He dwelled in the glacier for a little under a decade before departing once again, wisened to the trials of the cold. Afterwards he traveled farther south, to refine his mind and open it to the sea as well as learn more of the world; though after a few years he once more returned to the shores, and to the glaciers, unsurprised to find it changed by the movement of snow. He once more traversed to the wilds to elude goblin, wyvern, and frost giant for nearly another decade before finally decending the glaciers to arrive in the Imperial-occupied Frostkeep.
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